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Air Force Issues Stop Work Order For AOC WS 10.2

Pat Host

Friday, April 21st, 2017

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Air Force Issues Stop Work Order For AOC WS 10.2

The Air Force on Wednesday issued a stop work order to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for development activities on Air Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS) 10.2 until further notice, according to a service statement.Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said this is not a termination of the contract, rather that current fiscal year 2017 appropriation is insufficient to continue the program without additional funding this year. The Air Force, she said, will work with the milestone decision authority (Office of the…

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